For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.
Thom Mayne
Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional... →
So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction... →
I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist... →
Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.
I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me.
Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.
I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point of view. Am I... →
Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in literally with nothing in my brain... →
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
William J. Mayo